Supporting bracket



Q May 19, 1931. R. PETERSON 1,805,784

SUPPORTING BRACKET Filed Feb. 2, 1927 INVENTOR- iflLPl/ PETERSON @xif. M

ATTORNEY Patented May 19, 1931 UNITED, STATES RALPH PETERSON, or ELZBE, wAsHINs'ron SUPPORTING nRAcKET Application filed February 2,. 1927. Serial No. l65,4 04..

This invention relatesrto improvements in curtain and display supporting brackets and has for its object to provide a device of that character that may be securely fastened to a Window casing without the use of nails, screws or otherpermanent fastenings.

A further object of the invention is to provide a bracket that .will serve for the support of a curtain roller and a cross rod for draperies or the like, and which is adjustable to compensate for variations 1n lengths of such rods and curtain rollers,

Other objects reside in the various details l of construction and combination of parts as is hereinafter described. i

In accomplishing these and other objects, I have provided the improved details of construction, the preferredforms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

wherein 1 Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a bracket embodied by this invention as at tached to a window casing.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the attaching piece for the bracket.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the bracket member.

Figure 4 is a perspective View of the clamping spring.

Figure 5 is atop view illustrating the disposition 01'' the several pieces where aliixed to a window casing.

. Figure a perspective view of a bracket of an alternatlve construction.

Referring more in detall to the draw 'lhe bracket proper comprises a rigid metal strip 1 which is provided, at its outer end, with a vertically extending stud, or pin, 2 and, at its inner end, is bent at a right angle to form a base plate 3; th s being provided, at its end, with two lnturned points, or teeth, 4. Adjacent the base plate 3, the bracket has an opening 5vthere1n through which the attaching piece, presently described, may be projected and about midway between the base and outer end is an opening 6 for receiving the supporting pin such as is provided in the end of a roller curtain. The base plate Pris also provided with apertures? for receiving nails, or screws, in the event that it should be desired to attach it permanently to'a casinghen the bracket is in use, the base portion 3 is disposed flatly against a casing, so that it extends horizontallyv and vertically edgewise, as shown in Figure 1 and,

after being adjusted. to proper position, the

points are pressed into the casing; An attaching-plate 8 is then applied thereto.

The attaching platecomprises a. strap 10 adapted to extend: throughthe opening 5 to overlie the base 3 of. the bracket, and has. its outer end turned inwardly at right angles forming a stop 11 adapted. to. engage against the side edge of the casing and which has inwardly turnedteethlQ at its end adapted tobe pressed: into the casing. In the inner end of the attaching pieceis a hole/l3 adapted to receive a hook end-140i. a clamping spring. The spring' comprises a piece of spring wire'formed: with a loop 16 and two legsl? and-.18.. The leg 17 is" provided with the hook; 14 which, seats in the hole 1:3 of theia-ttaching; plate 8-and the leg 18 has a laterally turned hook 19- adaptedto engage the inner edge of the window casing so as to produce tension on the spring whereby the plateS will be held securely in place;

The brackets are-made in pairs for opposite sides of a windowand the studs, or pins,

2'serve as a means for holding a rod, asv at 24,011- which draperies or curtains may be hung and the brackets serve; for the support of the roller curtain as indicated at25.

It is:readily apparent that such brackets may be easily attached and may be adjusted along theattaehingplate before the points of the baseportion are pressed into the casing so as to fit them to curtain rods of different lengths or to compensate for small variations inlengths. They will serve for the support of either the curtain rod or roller, or both together. p

In Figure 6 is shown an alternative construction in which the inner end of the bracket body 30 is adapted to seat flatly against the edge of the casing and has teeth 31 inturned therefrom and a lip, or leg, 32.

pressed inwardly from the body to overlie the face of the casing. This has a hole 33 for receiving the end of the clamping spring or an attaching screw.

Brackets of either type may be made at small cost and in various sizes and in ornamental designs and since various details of construction could be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention, I do not wish to be limited only to the design herein shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a bracket having a laterally extending base portion adapted to seat flatly against a casing and having teeth thereon for projection into the casing and having an opening therethrough adjacent the base, and an attaching plate extending through said opening-with its inner portion supportingly overlying the base of the bracket and provided with a hole, and having its outer end turned inwardly to form a stop for engaging the edge of the casing with teeth turned inwardly from said stop for holding engagement with the casing and a spring having one end hooked Within the hole in said plate and its other end in holding engagement with the inner edge of the caslng.

2. A device of the character described comprising a horizontal bracket plate provided at its outer end with a vertical pin for mounting a curtain rod and having an opening for receiving the pivot pin of a curtain roller and having a laterally turned base portion adapted to flatly seat against a casing with teeth turned inwardly therefrom at its end, and having an opening therein adjacent the base plate, an attaching plate extenced through said opening with its inner end flatly overlying the base portion of the bracket and its outer end turned ii'lwardly to engage the edge of the casing and having teeth thereon adapted to be embedded in the casing edge, and a tensioning spring detachably fixed to the inner end of said plate and to the inner edge of the casing.

Signed at Everett, Washington, this 18th day of January, 1927.

RALPH PETERSON. 

